Course detail

Transport Organisation I

ÚSI-EDOD1Acad. year: 2025/2026

The subject provides theoretical and practical knowledge of all types of passenger and freight transport (road, rail, water, air), as well as knowledge of infrastructures, legal regulations necessary for transport and technical bases.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Pavel Maxera, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Entry knowledge

Not requested.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Elaboration of semestral work and its defence is a condition for achieving graded credit.
Attendance in seminars will be checked.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to gain knowledge about the different types of transport in order to pursue a career in the transport branch, e.g. in the public administration or in transport and forwarding companies at higher management level or in transport research.
Gaining knowledge of all types of passenger and freight transport, infrastructures and technical bases. Ability to interpret transport-related legal regulations.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Právní normy – zákony, vyhlášky, předpisy ČR, EU a mezinárodního práva v dopravě v platném znění. (CS)

Recommended reading

NOVÁK, R., ZELENÝ, L., PERNICA, P., KOLÁŘ, P. Přepravní, zasílatelské a logistické služby. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s., 2011, 392 s. ISBN 978 80 7357 735-3. (CS)
NOVÁK, Radek a kol. Mezinárodní silniční nákladní přeprava a zasílatelství. 1. vydání. Praha : C. H. Beck, 2018. 368 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-041-6. (CS)
NOVÁK, Radek a Petr KOLÁŘ. Námořní nákladní přeprava. 1. vydání. Praha : C. H. Beck, 2015. 280 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-601-2. (CS)
SAVY, Michel a June BURNHAM. Freight transport and the modern economy. New York: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 9780203070338. (EN)
WHITE, Peter. Public transport: its planning, management and operation. Edition 6. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. ISBN 9781315675770. (EN)
ZELENÝ, Lubomír a kol. Osobní doprava. Praha : C. H. Beck, 2017. 240 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-681-4. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EID_P Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Maxera, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basic characteristics of the transport branch, economic analysis of transport, transport policy
2. Transport management processes
3. Infrastructure preconditions
4. Road transport – legal regulations, technical basis
5. Passenger road transport
6. Freight road transport
7. Rail transport – legal regulations, technical basis
8. Passenger rail transport
9. Freight rail transport
10. Air transport
11. Inland waterway transport
12. Maritime transport
13. Public transport, integrated transport system

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Pavel Maxera, Ph.D.